Board adopts task force recommendation to use a 6-week peak window and exclude construction delays from segment LOS calculations

Monroe County commissioners voted to adopt the task-force recommendation to specify a six-week peak window for US-1 travel-time data collection and to continue excluding construction delays from segment-level speed measurements.

Consultant Vivek Reddy of AECOM summarized the task force's review of peak-season traffic patterns, FDOT counts and planned construction. The task force recommended the six-week window (generally late February through March) to better capture the "peak of the peak," and to exclude construction delays from segment-level calculations because they are temporary or localized; Reddy said the task force concluded "the task force recommendation is to continue excluding the construction delay, you know, as it is a temporary event." Public commenters, including Last Stand and Sugarloaf Shores advocates, urged either stricter limits on extensions of the collection window and statistical adjustments when data are collected later, or inclusion of construction delays in overall calculations because long-running water-main projects can have multi-year effects. Commissioners discussed the tradeoffs and ultimately approved the task-force recommendation, asking staff to ensure sampling is scheduled early in the six-week window to avoid late-season downward bias.